Media Buvaisar Saitiev the wrestling GOAT (3 times OL gold medalist and 6 times world champion has died today) Chimaev´s wrestling coach in his last camp

[EndlessCritic]

Can't pretend I'm some massive wrestling fan. Watching some of his matches now. Very fun style.

 

[KavkazDominance]

He was born in a city founded by Kumyks.

Don't believe Wikipedia.
Kumyks invaded the Caucasus. They are turks.

 

[Ladron4sherdog]

How good do you have to be to be a 6 time world champion and 3 time Olympic Gold medalist lol.

Incredible resume.

 

[TR1]

Don't believe Wikipedia.
Kumyks invaded the Caucasus. They are turks.

Kumyks are TurCIC, they are not TurKS. They did not come from modern day Turkey (or pre modern turkey for that matter) nor are they terribly similar to them at all.

Yes they were late comers to the Caucasus, but people move around and demographics change. That's life.

 

[Objectively Correct]

The guy was an artist. Anyone not familiar needs to watch some matches ASAP.

49 is far too young. Saw recent videos and he looked healthy, but I guess you never know. RIP

what are some must-see matches of his?

also rip

 

[sanguinius]

Karelin is the GOAT, you hating slavic Russians doesn't change the fact!

Karelin is the greatest wrestler of all time and maybe the best athlete of all time, but he was greco, not freestyle, and they specified.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Kumyks are TurCIC, they are not TurKS. They did not come from modern day Turkey (or pre modern turkey for that matter) nor are they terribly similar to them at all.

Yes they were late comers to the Caucasus, but people move around and demographics change. That's life.

Kurd here - Care explaining what Turkic is as opposed to Turkish ?

 

[HerpDerp]

RIP.

Absolute legend.

 

[KavkazDominance]

Kumyks are TurCIC, they are not TurKS. They did not come from modern day Turkey (or pre modern turkey for that matter) nor are they terribly similar to them at all.

Yes they were late comers to the Caucasus, but people move around and demographics change. That's life.

You should read about how kumyks were trying to invade chechen territories in the 18th century. They are invaders that mixed with dagestanis which is why they look "less" like their tatar cousins..

 

[Joinho10]

You should read about how kumyks were trying to invade chechen territories in the 18th century. They are invaders that mixed with dagestanis which is why they look "less" like their tatar cousins..

What should we read?

 

[stronghulk]

Karelin is the greatest wrestler of all time and maybe the best athlete of all time, but he was greco, not freestyle, and they specified.

Some people see all the badass videos and pictures of Karelin, and yes his resume is incredible, so was his abilitys. He was built to lift, and throw. That is how he won his matches. But when you wrestle in the highest weightclass, the competition is no where as hard as in the lower weight classes, Karelin alot of times wrestled just a big 120-130 mid-guy that a country sent because they had like 3-4 guys at that weight.

Saitievs resume is more impressive when you look at the people he wrestled, I don't think people understand.. Those weightclasses he was in have hundreds of killers competing for a spot in the national team, and they send just the most amazing wrestlers to the world championships, and the olympics.

Im more of a greco guy myself, I know how brutally hard the sport is but watching people like Saitiev, Dave Schultz, it's art.. RIP.

 

[europe1]

Newsweek claims he fell out a window. Even in the end he embodied the Russian spirit.

In that same article Kadyrov claims he had heart problems. So seems like a really sketchy situation. Lots of details seem to be anonymous Telegram sources. Don't know how trustworthy any of this is.

Russian Olympic champion turned lawmaker dead after falling from window

Buvaisar Saitiev, a former State Duma deputy of Chechen descent, was found dead in Moscow on Sunday.

www.newsweek.com

 

[SBC]

Heaven gained a good one.